MoMA | MoMA’s Digital Art VaultRecently on Inside/Out, we heard from Assistant Media Conservator Peter Oleksik about MoMA’s efforts to preserve and digitize its collection of analog video art, amassed over the course of four deca…

Gloves off for filming at the archivesHow many of us have thought that white cotton gloves are a must for the safe handling of precious documents? What do you think when you see archival documents being handled with white gloves on televi…

I didn't appreciate all the resources of a university library when I had access to one, particularly the databases, which are even more useful today than they were when I was in school a decade ago. I've been in the mood lately to pursue a bit of amateur scholarship, so I've been hunting for ways to get electronic access to a major library. Word on the internets is that the New York Public Library and the Houston Public Library were willing to give non-residents access for a modest fee, but I can't find much information on their websites.